Felony Flats
Felony Flats is a derogatory nickname of areas in several cities in the Western United States historically perceived to have high crime rates. They are usually near a river or creek with corresponding flat area—"Flats" is not related to the Commonwealth term meaning "Apartments".
- Aberdeen, Washington's Felony Flats, beside the Wishkah River, best known as the childhood home of Kurt Cobain[1] 46°58′52″N 123°48′32″W / 46.981°N 123.809°WFatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
- Apple Valley, California neighborhood, near California State Route 18[2] 34°31′53″N 117°13′25″W / 34.5315°N 117.2235°WFatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
- Part of Spokane, Washington's West Central neighborhood, near the Spokane River[3][4] 47°39′47″N 117°26′42″W / 47.663°N 117.445°WFatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
- Vancouver–Camas, Washington, near the Columbia River[5]
- North side of Wasilla, Alaska near Mile 49 on the George Parks Highway[6] 61°34′55″N 149°36′29″W / 61.582°N 149.608°WFatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
- An area within south-east Portland, Oregon, loosely defined as encompassing neighborhoods such as Foster-Powell and Lents.[7][8]
In some North American cities, neighborhoods with predominantly poor inhabitants are known as skid row. The similarly disparaging term "Poverty Flats" was bestowed on many Western US towns, including what later became Dunsmuir, California, Redding, California,[9][10] Lee Vining, California (was Poverty Flat), Grant, Idaho,[11] Wolf Point, Montana,[12]:1 and Moab, Utah.[13]:41[14]:253 A fictional Northern California mining town called Poverty Flat was depicted in the 1915 movie The Lily of Poverty Flat, based on the Bret Harte book of the same name, and shot near Santa Cruz, California.[15]
See also
- The Flats, once an Irish ghetto in Cleveland
References
- ↑ Seminara, Dave (March 25, 2014). "Chasing Kurt Cobain in Washington State". The New York Times. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
- ↑ Steve Hunt (January 25, 2015), "Felony Flats? Can't we fix this?", Daily Press, Victorville, California: Local Media Group, Inc.
- ↑ Virginia de Leon (April 28, 2002), "Neighborhood marks anniversary of COPS West ; Station transformed area known as 'Felony Flats'", The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Washington, archived from the original on September 24, 2015 – via HighBeam (subscription required) Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Jones, Jacob (December 18, 2012), "CRIME AND PROGRESS — Recent West Central homicides renew community vigilance", The Pacific Northwest Inlander, retrieved August 20, 2015
- ↑ "Clark Countys pockets of poverty", The Columbian, Vancouver, WA, October 4, 2009, archived from the original on September 24, 2015 – via HighBeam (subscription required),
[K]nown to its residents as the original Felony Flats...like driving into Appalachia...Untouched by wave after wave of urban redevelopment, forgotten by maps, carefully ignored by code enforcers and often owned by out-of-town landlords, these clusters of disintegrating shacks and trailers are tucked into crannies from Fruit Valley to Camas...they live in the worst corners of town.
Unknown parameter|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Boots, Michelle Theriault (October 13, 2012). "'Felony Flats' on Parks Highway to give way to road widening". Alaska Dispatch News. Archived from the original on May 13, 2013. Retrieved August 20, 2015. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Maushard, Lawrence (28 February 2008). "Good-Bye, Felony Flats". Portland Mercury. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ↑ Silkman, Bonnie (25 April 2019). "Two shootings, less than a mile apart, in SE Portland: 'It's a neighborhood that's had a lot of trouble'". Fox 12 Oregon. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ↑ Historic walking tours: Redding's railroad reservation, Shasta Historical Society, c. 2014, archived from the original on September 12, 2015, retrieved August 20, 2015 Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Dottie Smith (June 21, 2011), "Before Redding, there was Poverty Flats", Taking Care of History (blog), archived from the original on March 4, 2016, retrieved August 21, 2015 Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grant, Idaho — "The variants, Poverty Flats and Gravy Bend, were acquired during impoverished times when residents had to eat watered-down gravy."
- ↑ Johansen 2010.
- ↑ McCourt 2007.
- ↑ Van Cott 1990.
- ↑ James P. Leonard (February 16, 1915), "The Lily of Poverty Flat — A Visit to Mimic Pioneer Village Where Movies Are Being Made", Santa Cruz Daily Surf, p. 8, archived from the original on June 26, 2010, retrieved July 9, 2022 – via Santa Cruz Public Library
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- McCourt, T. (2007). Cowpokes to Bike Spokes: The Story of Moab, Utah. Johnson Books. ISBN 978-1-55566-396-4. Search this book on
- Van Cott, J.W. (1990). Utah Place Names: A Comprehensive Guide to the Origins of Geographic Names : a Compilation. University of Utah Press. ISBN 978-0-87480-345-7. Search this book on
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